公开(公告)号：US20240061280A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18229872

申请日：2023-08-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mark A. Arbore ,  Jason S. Pelc

IPC: G02F1/01

CPC classification number: G02F1/0134 ,  G02F2201/063 ,  G02F2203/05

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein describe optomechanical phase shifters. The optomechanical phase shifters may be configured with an asymmetry that improves the performance of the OM phase shifter as a function of wavelength. In some instances, the optomechanical phase shifter includes a section of a waveguide having an asymmetric cross-sectional shape. In other instances an optomechanical phase shifter is incorporated into a controllable optical switch, such that OM phase shifters may be actuated to selectively route light to different outputs of the controllable optical switch.

公开(公告)号：US20240103224A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18230475

申请日：2023-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mark A. Arbore ,  Jason S. Pelc

IPC: G02B6/28

CPC classification number: G02B6/2817

Abstract: Configurations for an optical splitter that includes a continuous curved reflector and methods thereof are disclosed. The optical splitter includes an input waveguide, one or more continuous curved reflector, and multiple output waveguides. The one or more continuous curved reflector may direct light toward the output waveguides. The optical splitter may include a single continuous curved reflector, or may include multiple continuous curved reflectors. In other instances, an optical splitter may include a lensed reflector that includes a plurality of continuous curved segments.

公开(公告)号：US20240094466A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US17949096

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mark A. Arbore ,  Mohsen Kamandar Dezfouli ,  Yongming Tu ,  Jeremy D. Witmer ,  Huiyang Deng ,  Alfredo Bismuto ,  Petr Markov

IPC: G02B6/124

CPC classification number: G02B6/124 ,  G02B2006/12107

Abstract: Configurations for an optical system used for guiding light and reducing back-reflection back in an output waveguide is disclosed. The optical system may include an output waveguide defined in a slab waveguide. The output waveguide may terminate before an output side of the slab waveguide, which may reduce the back-reflection of light from the output side back into the output waveguide. The output side may define an optical element that may steer the output light. The optical element may collimate the output light, cause the output light to converge, or cause the output light to diverge.

公开(公告)号：US20230087293A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17949079

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy D. Witmer ,  Mark A. Arbore ,  Yongming Tu ,  Huiyang Deng ,  Mohsen Kamandar Dezfouli ,  Alfredo Bismuto ,  Petr Markov

IPC: G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/122

Abstract: Configurations for an optical system used for guiding light and reducing back-reflection back in an output waveguide is disclosed. The optical system may include an output waveguide defined in a slab waveguide. The output waveguide may terminate before an output side of the slab waveguide, which may reduce the back-reflection of light from the output side back into the output waveguide. The output side may define an optical element that may steer the output light. The optical element may collimate the output light, cause the output light to converge, or cause the output light to diverge.

公开(公告)号：US20240094468A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18234562

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jason S. Pelc ,  Yu Miao ,  Mark A. Arbore ,  Meng Huang ,  Zhechao Wang

IPC: G02B6/125

CPC classification number: G02B6/125

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein describe photonic passive delay lines that have a waveguide wound into a plurality of straight segments and bends. The photonic passive delay lines are configured to reduce losses from parasitic modes of light generated at the bends. Embodiments of the photonic passive delay lines vary the dimensions of the straight segments to provide different amounts of dephasing between a mode of input light received by the photonic passive delay line and one or more parasitic modes.

公开(公告)号：US12111207B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US18234794

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthew A Terrel ,  David S Gere ,  Alexander F Sugarbaker ,  Thomas C Greening ,  Jason S Pelc ,  Mark A. Arbore

IPC: G01J1/44

CPC classification number: G01J1/44

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to optical measurement systems that utilize multiple emitters to emit light during a measurement, as well as methods of performing measurements using these optical measurement systems. The optical measurement systems may include a light generation assembly that is configured to generate light via a light source unit, and a photonic integrated circuit that includes a launch group having a plurality of emitters. Each of these emitters is optically coupled to the light generation assembly to receive light generated from the light generation assembly, and may emit this light from a surface of the photonic integrated circuit. The optical measurement system may perform a measurement in which the light generation assembly generates light and each of the plurality of emitters simultaneously emit light received from the light generation assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20230089758A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17949066

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yongming Tu ,  Jeremy D. Witmer ,  Huiyang Deng ,  Mark A. Arbore ,  Mohsen Kamandar Dezfouli ,  Alfredo Bismuto ,  Petr Markov

IPC: G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/122

Abstract: Configurations for an optical system used for guiding light and reducing back-reflection back in an output waveguide is disclosed. The optical system may include an output waveguide defined in a slab waveguide. The output waveguide may terminate before an output side of the slab waveguide, which may reduce the back-reflection of light from the output side back into the output waveguide. The output side may define an optical element that may steer the output light. The optical element may collimate the output light, cause the output light to converge, or cause the output light to diverge.

公开(公告)号：US20240405135A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18388449

申请日：2023-11-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthew T. Morea ,  Daniel Mahgerefteh ,  Dylan N. Rees ,  Mark A. Arbore ,  Romain F. Chevallier

IPC: H01L31/0232 ,  G01J1/02 ,  H01L31/0304 ,  H01L31/0392

Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation detectors includes anti-reflective epitaxial structures incorporated into an epitaxial stack of the electromagnetic radiation detector. An anti-reflective structures as described herein are grown between (and thereby connect) two lattice-matched epitaxial layers that have different refractive indices. The anti-reflective structure reduces Fresnel reflections that would otherwise occur if the two epitaxial layers were directly connected.

公开(公告)号：US20240102856A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18234794

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthew A. Terrel ,  David S. Gere ,  Alexander F. Sugarbaker ,  Thomas C. Greening ,  Jason S. Pelc ,  Mark A. Arbore

IPC: G01J1/44 ,  G02B6/43

CPC classification number: G01J1/44 ,  G02B6/43 ,  G01J2001/444

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to optical measurement systems that utilize multiple emitters to emit light during a measurement, as well as methods of performing measurements using these optical measurement systems. The optical measurement systems may include a light generation assembly that is configured to generate light via a light source unit, and a photonic integrated circuit that includes a launch group having a plurality of emitters. Each of these emitters is optically coupled to the light generation assembly to receive light generated from the light generation assembly, and may emit this light from a surface of the photonic integrated circuit. The optical measurement system may perform a measurement in which the light generation assembly generates light and each of the plurality of emitters simultaneously emit light received from the light generation assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20230324286A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18121427

申请日：2023-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jason S. Pelc ,  Mark A. Arbore ,  Matthew A. Terrel ,  Thomas C. Greening ,  Yongming Tu ,  Lucia Gan

IPC: G01N21/31

CPC classification number: G01N21/31

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein describe optical measurement systems for characterizing a sample. The optical measurement systems may selectively emit light from different numbers of launch groups, and may include a multi-stage optical switch network that may be controlled to route light to a desired number of launch groups. The optical measurement systems may further measure light using a corresponding number of detector groups. The optical measurement systems may perform measurements using a plurality of different wavelengths, where different groups of these wavelengths may be measured using different numbers of launch groups (as well as corresponding detector groups).